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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
mark wrote:
First of all this question is not about towing caravans its towing in
general.

Dont laugh ....I have a sierra saloon
It runs on lpg and has a huge 80 ltr tank in the back.
the weight of this tank empty is close too two hundred pounds.

The car sits very low at the back when the tank is full.

Need to know...
how to solve this problem

So that i can tow my boat and trailer... 1500 kg

1. Has anyone had any eperience with the coils of rubber that you fit
between the springs.

what are your oppinions ?

2.Uprated stronger springs .......are they shorter for the rally boys
or the same lenght.

what I'm after is for the car always to sit at near the same height
when towing.
I already have "so called load level shocks fitted"

The load leval shocks I had on previose cars were of a different
design than these ...they had a spring on the outside ........the
sierra does not have enough room to fit this type of shock though.

just like to add that I also have trapezium towing hitch
fitted....found this at a car boot and paid £5 for it.....was almost
new.

Looking forward to all your answers.

All the best.......mark

Since you are carrying a *permanent* extra load, what you really need is
some springs with the same load vs deflection *rate* as the existing ones -
but which are longer when uncompressed, so as to put you back to the proper
ride height allowing for the extra weight. One way to do this would be to
have the existing springs stretched and re-tempered - but you've have to
check that they wouldn't then be over-stressed when fully compressed. There
used to be specialist spring makers around who know all about these things.
My last contact with them was over 25 years ago when I needed special
springs for automotive test rigs which I was designing - but I expect they
still exist. Have a look in yellow pages under "Spring Mfrs & Suppliers" -
there are several likely looking candidates in my local YP.

Whatever mods you do to the suspension, make sure that you tell your
insurance company!
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The absolute ideal, according to most recommendations, with a trailer
weight of 750Kg, would be 52.5 Kg (7%), but anything from about 50-60
would be fine.

50lbs would be far too little.
just want some strait answers about ....suspension mods and other
peoples experiences with towing with a sierra
Don't the police use Mondeos, try asking for a set of Police spec
rear springs, as the plod tend to carry several cwt of stuff in
there boots.

Since when do mondeo parts suit a sierra?
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